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United States Patent coMPosmoNs or MATTER This. inventionrelatesto certain. novel compositions of matter and the. method of making the same.

The; invention particularly relates to phthalimidomethyl monothioand; dithio-phosphates having the. following structural formula:

In the above formula, X isoxygen or sulfurand R is alqwer alkyl group such; asan isopropyl, propyl, methyl, ethyl, butylor pentyl radical.

In general, the objects of the present invention are accomplished by reacting an' N-halomethyl-phthalimide with the, appropriate salt such. as an alkali' metalj or ammonium salt of a dialkyl dithioor monothio-phosphate byrefluxing" them" together with aninertsol-ventsuch as methanol, ethanol or isopropanol. The produce can then be recovered by first? evaporating the;-bull(:the: alcohol and then extracting the desired product with a. suitable solvent. The products that are solids can be further purified by crystallization from alcohol.

The following non-limiting examples illustrate methods V of carrying out, the present invention. It will be noted that code numbers have been assigned to the various compositions and these code numbers will be used in the balance of the specification when referring to the compounds. 7

Example 1 .--R 1402- S phthalimidomethylfifi diisopropyldithiophosphate' one ' NCHzSP (OCH 2,767,194 Patented Oct. 16, 1956 lCC 2. solidified on stirring. The solid: was filtered. ofi and washed several times with cold water and dried in air. The yield of'crude product M. P. 9297-'was' 19:9 grams. After crystallization from methanol, the product melted 5 at 1l4115.5 C.

Analysis I Calculated Found Percent P... 8.31 I 8.32

Example 2.-R-1448 S phthalimiaomethyl-0,0-diethyl dithiophosphate i J /N-CHO1 KSP (0 @2115): ll

S, N-.-GH'gS-'(QG2EB)I K01 3O A.m ixture.-off19;6 grams (0.11 M) ofTN-chloromethylphthaliinide, 24.4" (0.11 M) of potassium 0,0-diethyl di-th-iophosphate'and 100-cc. of 99 isopropanol wasre fluxed on a steam-bath for and one-half hours. The bulk of the alcohol was then evaporated and the warm residue poured with rapid stirring into 200 cc. of

cold water. The precipitated liquid was extracted with 100 cc. of ethyl ether andwashed. twice. with 100 cc. portions of cold water. The ether solution WilSfdIled over anhydrous potassium carbonate and filtered. Thefiltra-te was concentrated on the steam-bath to a thick} liquid, N =l.5793, which solidified on standing. The yield was 28.0 grams. After two crystallizations from 95% isopropanol the product melted at 63-65 C.

Analysis Calculated Found Percent P Example 3,R-l504-S-phthalimidomethyZ-QO-dimethyl dirhiopli o'splr'at'e T NCHnCl NHtSP (OCaHtM A mixture of 11.8 grams (0.06 M) of N-chloromethylphthalirnide, 13.0 grams (0.07 M) of ammonium 0,0- diethyl monothiophosphate and 35.0 cc. of absolute ethanol was heated under reflux on a steam-bath for three and one-half hours. The reaction mixture was cooled, diluted with 100 cc. of benzene, well mixed, then filtered. The filtrate was washed three times with water, dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate, filtered and the filtrate evaporated on the steam-bath. The product, a light yellow liquid, weighed 12.5 grams, N =1.5412.

Example 5.R-1571 S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0-dimethyl monothiophosphate O T NCHzSP (0 CH); NHrCl A mixture of 11.8 grams (0.06 M) of N-chloromethylphthalimide, 9.6 grams (0.06 M) of ammonium 0,0- dimethyl monothiophosphate and 50.0 cc. of 99% isopropanel was refluxed on the steam-bath for three hours. After cooling, the reaction mixture was diluted with 75.0 cc. of benzene, well mixed and the benzene solution washed three times with water, dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate, filtered and the benzene evaporated on the steam-bath. The product was a water-white liquid weighing 8.8 grams Nn =1.5651.

Compounds prepared as above were tested and found to be excellent insecticides and acaracides. In addition, the compounds of the present invention have utility as rubber accelerators, corrosion inhibitors, plasticizers and as intermediates for use in the preparation of additional compounds.

The biological eifectiveness of the compounds was determined by testing them as follows:

SCREENING TEST Acetone solutions of the compounds are dispersed in water that has 0.015% V'atsol OT wetting agent and 0.005% Methocel (25 cps.) dissolved in it. The amount of water in the dispersion is adjusted so that the compound under test is in the desired concentration. The dispersion is sprayed on the test arthropods with a De Vilbiss hand sprayer. The arthropods are held in the sprayed cages for 72 hours. Mortality counts are made at 72 hours and the results reported as percentage of arthropods killed.

RESIDUE TEST Compounds are deposited on 60 x 15 mm. petri dishes from acetone solutions. Adult female flies are exposed to the deposits in open and closed type cages for 48 hours. Mortality counts are made at 48 hours.

The following results were obtained:

SPRAY TEST Percent Mortality Percent Cone R1402 R1448 R1504 R1505 R1571 Musca domestice 0. 5 100 100 100 100 100 Periplaneta americana 0. 5 50 100 70 Oncopeltua fasciatus. 0.5 0 80 80 70 100 Triboliumconfusum. 0.5 0 100 100 42 100 AM Me 8:32 ?Y ....?3?. 1.11. ".29".

Tetranychus btma- 0 25 1 100 1 100 0.03 1 100 1 100 100 ioo -II..II

1 Gave 100% kill of eggs as well as insects.

RESIDUE TEST-Musca domestlca Percent Mortality Micrograms per dish R1403 R1448 R1504 R1505 R1571 I claim:

1. As a new composition of matter, a compound of the formula:

wherein X is a member chosen from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur and R is a lower alkyl radical.

2. As a new composition of matter, S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0-diisopropyl dithiophosphate.

3. As a new composition of matter, S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0-diethyl dithiophosphate.

'4. As a new composition of matter, S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0-dimethyl dithiophosphate.

5. As a new composition of matter S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0-diethyl monothiophosphate.

6. As a new composition of matter S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0-dimethyl monothiophosphate.

7. The method of making a compound having the formula:

wherein X is a member chosen from the group consisting of sulfur and oxygen and R is a lower alkyl radical comprising reacting a member selected from the group consisting of yN-bromomethyl phthalimide and N-chloromethyl phthalimide with a compound of the formula YS IT(O R and wherein X and R are as defined above and Y is a member selected from the group consisting of ammonium and alkali metal radicals.

8. The method of making S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0- diisopropyl dithiophospate comprising reacting a member selected from the group consisting of N-bromomethyl phthalimide and N-chloromethyl phthalimide with potassium 0,0-diisopropy1 dithiophosphate under refluxing conditions.

9. The method of making S-phthalim-idomethyl 0,0- diethyl dithiophosphate comprising reacting N-chloromethyl phthalimide with potassium 0,0-diethy1 dithiophosphate under refluxing conditions.

10. The method of making S-phthalimidomethyl 0,0-

dimethyl dithiophosphate comprising reacting a member selected from the group consisting of N-bromomethyl p'hthalimide and N-chloromethyl phthalimide with sodium 0,0-dimethyl dithiophosphate under refluxing conditions.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,233,001 Dickey Feb. 25, 1941 2,447,715 Rose Aug. 24, 1948 2,553,770 'Kittleson May 22, 1951 2,640,006 Ligett et al. May 26, 1953 2,644,002 Hoegberg June 30, 1953 2,706,194 Morris et a1 Apr. :12, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 930,446 Germany July 18, 1955 

1. AS A NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER, A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA: 